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Come What May (Part 1)
By aragorn_8
This story is a lot like Moulin Rouge because it’s filled with songs and all the songs are taken from something else. Either another movie or song ,and I also had to change some of the lyrics around to make it fit in, so sit back, relax, and read the story!
Also I’m not very good at editing, so there may be some mistakes. And Please, if you read this, leave a comment. And please let it be longer then 3 words.
The story is a mix of formats. At time it’s a story, and at time it’s a script.
And try to guess which character I am. I’m one of them, but none of the characters are their real names. (The names are different in real life) You may be surprised at which one I was. But then again, you may not be. Say int eh comments section which character you think I am.
For the full effect of the story, listen to the songs on your computer or radio as they appear in the story.
COME WHAT MAY
By JEFF LONG
Based on a true story
“I have a story to tell you. One of romance, action, drama, comedy, and above all, love, and how no matter how much of it you have, bad things can still happen. This story is also about school life, but mainly, about how all good things must come to an end eventually.
I remember the events that took place in my third year of Junior High. I was in Grade 8 then, and I remember them as if it happened yesterday. I tell you this story, in hopes that you may be able to stop yourself before the same thing happens to you.
I warn you, if you cried during sad movies, then I warn you that this is a very sad story. For the ending is one of the saddest I’ve witnessed. The diffrence between the ending of the story I’m about to tell you and the ending of movies, is that this one is true…”
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 1999
The yellow school bus pulled up to a stop in front of the school and the doors squeaked open. It was a cold day, around the middle of February. Snow lightly covered the ground, but grass could still be seen in places.
As students got off the bus, their breaths could be seen in the cold air.
Among these people, were Robyn Hamsel, 13, in Grade 7, and Rick Munter, 14, and in Grade 8. Robyn and Rick were both friends and had been for a long time.
They walked, with the rest of the kids, through the thick metal doors, then through the porch marked with muddy and wet shoeprints, then through the second set of doors and into their school, MacDonald Drive Junior High, located in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Once inside the school, they went separate ways, in the busy halls, going towards their lockers.
Rick got to his locker and started to turn his lock, making the combination to open his locker. Soon enough, his friend, Jacob LaChance, walked up to his locker, which was right next to Rick’s.
“Hey.” Rick greeted. “What do we have first?” he started emptying out his bookbag as he waited for Jacob.
“Hang on.” Jacob took his sunglasses off and put them in his inside pocket of his jean jacket. He then proceeded to open his locker and looked at the schedule which was on the inside of his locker door. “What day is it?”
“Tuesday.”
“No! I mean, what Day!”
“Oh. Day Four.”
“Ok, let’s see...” Jacob looked at his schedule. “We have Math first.”
“Damn.” Rick kicked his locker lightly. They both pulled out their Math books and placed them inside their bookbags. “Valentines Day is tomorrow.” Rick said as they closed and locked their lockers. “Have anyone special in mind?”
“No.” Jacob lied as they turned and walked away. Secretly he liked Robyn, but barley hung out with her because she was a grade below him and the only reason he hung out with her once in awhile was that she sometimes hung out with Rick and another couple of his friends.
Rick and Robyn lived in the same small town about 20 minutes outside St. John’s called Portugal Cove, which was really close to the Ferry going over to Bell Island. Rick and Robyn practically grew up together, so they’re good friends, but not as close as you might think.
Jacob couldn’t go out with Robyn even if he gathered up enough guts to ask her out, because Robyn was going out with a guy named Shane, who was in the same grade she was.
They reached one of the stair cases and started to walk up, when they were met by Justin, one of their friends, who was going down.
“Hey.” Justin greeted. “You guys going to the Pond at lunch?” A group of students usuily go across the street at Lunch to a pond with a walking trail around it. There’s also a wooden structure there, known as a Kazebo. It has a short wall, about half the size of an average person. Inside it was a circular bench, attached to the wall. On top of the wall, were four struts, holding a flat roof up.
Also, on the other side of the pond, and on the other side of a short, grassy field, was another school, Mary Queen of Peace Junior High.
“I am. Rick answered.
“No. I’m not.” Jacob declined.
“Why not?” Justin asked. “All you do anyway is walk around the halls when you’re done eating.”
“So? I just don’t want to go.”
“Ok. Suit yourself. See ya guys later.” Justin continued on down as Rick and Jacob continued up.
Rick and Jacob got to their Math room and their teacher, Mr. Park, was sitting at his desk, marking tests. There were a few other kids in the classroom, but the bell hadn’t gone yet, so the entire class wasn’t there.
“Hello, Mr. Park.” Rick and Jacob greeted as they walked in and took their seats.
“Hello.”
They took their Math books out and then Jacob took a novel out and started to read it, waiting for the bell to ring to start classes.
Once Math ended, the class started making their way to their lockers to get their books for their next class, which was Options. Jacob, Rick, and a few others had Industrial Arts, so they went directly to the I.A. room, because they didn’t need any books for it.
As they approached the door, it opened and the Grade 7 class that was in there before them, started leaving. Among these people were Robyn and Shane, who had his arm around her. Along with them, were Robyn’s friends, Megan, who had glasses and curly hair, and Joline, who dressed in dark colours and had black hair. Rick and Jacob often called Joline a vampire, because of her dark colours she always wore, and her outcast personality.
“Hi.” Robyn said to Rick as they walked by.
“Hi.” Rick said. As they walked inside the room, Jacob looked back at Robyn as her and her friends went around the corner.
At lunch, Rick met up with Justin and their friend, nicknamed Weasel, as well as Robyn, Shane, Joline, and Megan.
They were leaving the school, when Jacob walked by and saw that Robyn was with them. “Hey, wait up!” he called out. “I’m coming too!” the others stopped and waited for Jacob to catch up and once he had, they all left the school, walked across the soccer field, and waited at the busy street.
Megan went over and pushed a button on a pole and they waited some more. After a couple seconds, the green lights above the traffic turned to red and a cross walk sign lit up with a person walking, indicating for the kids to cross.
They did so and when they got to the other side, they walked down to the walking trail and started walking around the pond until they got to the Kazebo.
They sat on the bench and took their food out and started eating. They day had warmed up since the morning and the little snow that was there, was starting to melt and the sun shone brightly in the kids’s eyes.
When they were done eating, Justin, Jacob, Weasel, Joline, and Rick climbed up onto the roof and took turns running and jumping off, onto the ground below, landing on a soft spot with tall grass, which still had tall grass growing, even though it was winter.
Weasel was a friend of Justin. No one ever called him by his real name, because he closely resembled a Weasel, so that’s what everyone called him.
As Jacob stood, waiting for his turn to jump, he looked down through the spaces between the boards of wood and saw Megan, Robyn and Shane sitting on the bench, watching them jump off. He also saw that Shane had his arm around Robyn’s shoulders and she was cuddling up next to him.
Then Joline, who had just jumped off, and Megan, who stood up and walked towards Joline, turned back to the others. “We’re going to the Dollar store before Lunch ends.” Joline informed them.
“Ok, meet you guys back at school.” Robyn said as they walked away.
Back up on top of the Kazebo, Jacob looked back down and saw Robyn and Shane kissing and he felt his heart sink and a pang of jealousy.
*Start of CRUSH.*
JACOB
(Looking down at them, but eyeing Robyn)
I would die for you,
I've been dying just to feel you by my side, to know that you're mine.
I would cry for you,
I will wash away your pain with all my tears, and drown your fear.
Suddenly, Jacob was in his bedroom at night, and all is dark. He was kneeling in the middle of his floor, a beam of moonlight shining on him. He had his hands folded and he was looking up at the ceiling.
JACOB
I will pray for you,
I will pray for you,
I would sell my soul for some thing pure and true, someone like you.
See your face every place that I walk in,
Hear your voice every time I’m talking.
You will believe in me,
And I will never be ignored.
Jacob was suddenly in a black space, all by himself and he does everything that he sings about next.
JACOB
I would burn for you,
Feel pain for you,
I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart,
And tear it apart.
Jacob was then in the streets in rags and he was in front of a store, begging.
JACOB
I would lie for you,
Beg and steal for you,
I would crawl on hands and knees until you see,
You're just like me.
As Jacob finishes the song, he slowly snaps back to reality.
JACOB
Violate all my love that I'm missing,
Throw away all the pain that I'm living.
You will believe in me,
And I can never be ignored.
I believe in you,
I would die for you.
“Hurry up, jump!” Rick shouted, for it was Jacob’s turn, but Jacob hadn’t heard, for he was looking down at Robyn and Shane, in his own little world.
“Ah hell!” Justin sighed. He ran and pushed Jacob off the edge.
“I’m really sorry!” Justin apologized, sitting next to Jacob in the Nurse’s Office of their school, an ice pack on Jacob’s arm. Jacob just glared back at him. “What? I am! Who could have guessed you would have missed the grass? Nobody has ever missed the grass! Then again, everyone has always jumped off and not been pushed.”
The others all sat around in the room as well, when suddenly the bell rang.
“See ya after class.” Rick said as they all stood up and started to leave.
“Take care, man.” Shane said as he left. Once they all left, Robyn was the last to leave. She was just about to leave, when she turned back and smiled. “Hope you feel better
soon.” she turned and left, leaving Jacob there all alone. He just sat there, thinking, then a big smile crossed his face.
*Start of I FEEL GOOD*
Jacob suddenly jumped up and threw his ice pack down.
JACOB
Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, I got you.
Suddenly the Nurse walked in and her eyes went wide as she saw Jacob dancing around, but before she knew it, Jacob was dancing with her!
JACOB
Whoa! I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you
Suddenly he spun the Nurse into his arms.
JACOB
When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm
and I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you
When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm
Suddenly he spun the Nurse out of his arms and she went flying into the wall and got knocked out.
JACOB
Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would
I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
Hey! Oh yeah...
He stopped singing and looked at the Nurse on the floor. “Oops.” he turned and left.
The Nurse slowly opened her eyes and sang slowly in a dazed vice.
NURSE
I feel good, I knew that I would.
Then her eyes went up into her head and she fainted.
After school, Jacob was walking down the sidewalk, heading towards the bus stop. Justin was already there, waiting for the bus. “So, how’s your arm?” Justin asked.
“The Nurse said that it was only lightly sprained.” Jacob answered. Suddenly the Metro Bus (City Bus) pulled up and once people got off, Justin and Jacob got on, showed their bus passes, and found a seat as the bus started up again.
7/22/2002 5:23:24 PM
(Updated: 7/22/2002 5:25:15 PM)
(Updated: 7/22/2002 5:25:33 PM)
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